Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,725 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Leonard Jeffries
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Leonard Jeffries (1937- )
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Operation Equity
J. Raymond Henderson, Charlotta Bass, and Rev. Clayton D. Russell
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Negro Victory Committee (1941-1945)
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(1843) Henry Highland Garnet, “An Address To The Slaves Of The United States”

Explore Global African History

WEB Du Bois, July 18, 1946
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(1947) W.E.B. DuBois, “An Appeal to the World : A Statement of Denial of Human Rights to Minorities…”
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Sebastián Rodríguez Brito (ca. 1642-ca. 1717)
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Mangrove Nine Trial (1970-1972)
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Muhammed Toure / Askia Muhammad I (c. 1442-1538)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Working the Quincy Mill: African American Lumber Mill Workers in Northern California, 1926-1955
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Telling Carl Maxey’s Story: Understanding the Fighter in the Ring and the Courtroom
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Eddie “the Sheik” Gardner: An Ultramarathoning Legend and Unsung Hero in the Struggle for Racial Equality in America.
Market exterior and cars, South Side Chicago, ca. 1970
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The Nation of Islam’s Economic Program, 1934-1975

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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